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SaaStr Podcast 436: The State of the Cloud 2021 with Bessemer Venture Partners

SaaStr

The Cloud is expanding and moving forward at a phenomenal rate, so we invited the team at Bessemer Venture Partners back to SaaStr to unveil their latest findings in the 2021 State of the Cloud. Each of those, independently, are massive market cap drivers for their businesses as well. Is Cloud growth sustainable for the long term?

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Construction Project Management Tips For 2021 And Beyond

SaaS Metrics

The construction industry plays a central role in the development of our society. Without proper settlements for office workers and factories, the whole business setup will collapse. It is therefore important to ensure that a construction project goes smoothly.

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2021 in conversation: Learnings from the podcast

Intercom, Inc.

It’s been 10 years since co-founders Eoghan McCabe , Des Traynor , David Barrett , and Ciaran Lee sat in a small Dublin coffee shop and dreamed of making internet business personal, and we’re still every bit as excited. Zanade Mann , founder of Black Women’s Business Collective. Hubert Palan , founder and CEO of Productboard.

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International Women’s Day 2021: Choose to Challenge

InsightSquared

I recently joined InsightSquared in Q4 2020 after 4 years of consulting independently for small and medium sized businesses; I focused mainly on operational efficiency and maximizing profit. . The post International Women’s Day 2021: Choose to Challenge appeared first on InsightSquared. What does choosing to challenge mean to you?

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To Really Scale, You Need $1M on Your Balance Sheet for Every $2M in ARR

SaaStr

About $1m in cash for a $5m ARR business. ” It can happen, at least, as a construct, to anyone. — Jason BeKind Lemkin (@jasonlk) January 24, 2021. But … still … the sales team’s commissions consume cash in the very, very short term. Second, this SaaS company had a very tight balance sheet.

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How to Navigate Strategic Change for Growth with SaaStr CEO and Founder Jason Lemkin (Video + Podcast)

SaaStr

But when you have an established sales business without an established sales process, you can hire the VP of Sales. Monday, for example, was built horizontally at first and then found that insurance companies, churches, and construction performed best. Is that a good approach? So they leaned in there.

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SaaS Valuation Multiples Decoded

SaaSOptics

The run-up in SaaS stocks in 2020 and 2021, and then the subsequent sell-off this year may not be telling you what you think it is. The answer is in the construction of the indexes themselves. Valuation Multiples in 2020 and 2021 Appear to be Outliers. So what are the implications for private SaaS companies?

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